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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2012

Temporal orchestration of glycogen synthase (GlgA) gene expression and glycogen accumulation in the oceanic picoplanktonic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain WH8103.

Michael Wyman, Claire Thom

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael WymanBiological and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, United Kingdom. mw4@stir.ac.uk
Claire Thom
University of Stirling · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycogen is accumulated during the latter half of the diel cycle in Synechococcus sp. strain WH8103 following a midday maximum in glgA (encoding glycogen synthase) mRNA abundance. This temporal pattern is quite distinct from that of Prochlorococcus and may highlight divergent regulatory control of carbon/nitrogen metabolism in these closely related picocyanobacteria.

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Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialBiological ClocksGlycogenGlycogen SynthaseMolecular Sequence DataProchlorococcusRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerSequence Analysis, DNASynechococcusTime FactorsGlycogenGlycogen SynthaseRNA, BacterialRNA, Messenger

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PMID22522678
PMCPMC3370486
OpenAlexW2095671120

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